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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicHindi novel

Topic: Hindi novel

Who’s the Chetan Bhagat of Hindi fiction? New wave of celebrity writers, punchy plots, Reels

Divya Prakash Dubey to Nilotpal Mrinal, Hindi writers are connecting with a new generation via themes like aspiration, love, and travel, and turning social media users into readers.

A Hindi novel got longlisted for Booker. But at home, authors like Vinod Shukla get pittance

Shukla, who has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Deewar Mein Ek Khidki Rahti Thi, says he got only Rs 1.35 lakh in the past 25 years from Vani Prakashan.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.